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THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE 2017:

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

The John Ruskin Prize 2017 Shortlist ExhibitionMASTER OF ALL TRADES21st June – 8th October 2017Millennium Gallery, Sheffield

The Big Draw today announced the shortlist of The John Ruskin Prize 2017, which this year celebrates the ‘Artist as Polymath’ and attracted a record number of submissions from fine artists, makers and craftspeople from across the UK.

About the shortlistSelected from over 1000 entries, the final shortlist of 26 artists, makers and innovators responded to the call for contemporary Polymaths with work that defies categorisation, dissolves boundaries and has a joyous disregard for the conventions of their chosen materials and disciplines. The artist / scientist parallel is apparent in the shortlist but there is also evidence of traditional craft combined with social commentary, skilful material manipulation and a visual wit within the selected artworks.

2nd Prize: Bethan Lloyd Worthington (£1000):

The PrizeThe John Ruskin Prize is now in its fourth year and invited entries from emerging and established artists and makers aged 18 or over living in the United Kingdom. The Award is £5000 with £3000 going to the winner, and £1000 going to both the Second Prize and Student and Recent Graduate Prize winners.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 20th June at a private view and prize-giving ceremony at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield. The shortlist exhibition, Master of all Trades, will be on display 21st June – 8th October 2017, and will provide a contemporary counterpart to The Ruskin Collection, which is cared for by Museums Sheffield and on display at the Millennium Gallery.

First prize

Laura Oldfield Ford

Second prize

SECOND PRIZE Jessie Brennan

A Fall of Ordinariness and Light (graphite on paper

Student prize

Robin Sukatorn

Jeremy Corbyn speaks in Manchester (graphite stick on paper

The exhibition, Recording Britain Now: Society runs at the New Art Gallery, Walsall from Friday 26th February to Sunday, 17th April. It will transfer to the Electricians' Shop Gallery, Trinity Buoy Wharf, where it will run 6th-22nd May.

An exhibition of the artists' work shortlisted for the 2015 John Ruskin Prize.

Shortlist Announced (December 2015)

Companions will remember that the Big Draw/Campaign for Drawing originated in an initiative of the Guild of St George. It is now a thriving independent charity with a global reach. In 2012, the Guild and the Campaign joined forces to hold an art competition, the John Ruskin Prize. We are delighted to inform you that the winning shortlist of 30 artists competing in the third Prize (Recording Britain Now: Society) has now been announced. You can read all about it - and view examples of the artwork - online.